"Oh my God you guys are totally going to do it tonight."

Biting on the inside of her thumb in that compulsive manner her mother hated so much, the young brunette girl known as Regina Mills drew in a deep breath as she tentatively looked out her window to see if he was already down there.

He wasn't, and instead of finding relief in that she got even more nervous. She didn't even know how to put it into words, but it was just that never before had she done something like what she was about to do and the anticipation of it all plus knowing everything that could go wrong was slowly eating a hole in the pit of her stomach.

What would she do if someone caught her? Both her parents were going to be so disappointed in her and she didn't know if she could deal with that. After all she didn't want to be like her sister, provoking one headache after another on her mother with her rebel ways and nasty attitude.

"You have to tell me everything about it, Regina, everything."

Rolling her eyes as she swirled on the heels of her shoes, Regina looked at her best friend as she sat comfortably on her bed, eating straight out of a bag of Cheetos while staring back at her in excitement.

"Emma, we are not doing it. Definitely not."

"You know, for being such a smart girl you sometimes surprise me with your level of innocence. You really think he wants you to sneak out with him tonight just so you will help you with his homework? Tsk."

Dropping her hand from her mouth and turning her back on the blonde, Regina closed her eyes. If anything, her friend's words only added to her apprehension because really, last think she needed was for Robin to put her in that predicament.

They have been officially dating just for a little over six months and in her book, that was not enough time to even consider doing it, like Emma so rudely said.

Yes, she really liked when they kissed and sure, that one time in the ferris wheel when he went a bit further with her and added a little bit of touching to their make out session she has liked it too. But going from there to actually do the deed was too much.

She wasn't ready for that.

"Robin isn't like that. He's different."

At her words, Emma laughed. "Oh come on, you say that because he's the first one you ever dated, but take it from me, he's a dude and they are all the same. He wants to get into your pants and he will try it tonight."

Shaking her head, Regina bit on her lips, refusing to believe what Emma was saying. Even when she was inexperienced with the whole dating thing and being with boys, she knew how Robin was and she was sure that he was different than the rest of them.

Sure, that was something people wouldn't notice just by looking at him when he was surrounded by other boys because he could be as loud and immature as the rest; but when it was only the two of them he was the sweetest and more attentive person she has ever meet and she had a hard time believing he just acted like that just because he wanted to have sex with her.

That he wanted it? Probably, but she felt comfortable enough with him to know he would respect her decision of wanting to wait.

"Now don't get me wrong, I have nothing against him. I actually like him, but that doesn't take from what he wants. Not that we can blame him you know, it's the way guys are put together."

"Say whatever you want, it still won't happen."

"Gosh, you are such a prude. It's not like it would be such a big deal anyway, if you like him like I know you do then losing your V card with him will be kind of iconic."

Before she reply to that, her phone started to ring and she immediately went to answer it. Unfortunately Emma got it first and with a somewhat sadistic smile she looked at her.

"Hello, Robin."

"Give me that." She hissed, trying to get the phone but before she could get a hold of it Emma snickered and hung up the call. "Lover boy is down there waiting for you."

"Ugh, I hate you." Regina said, going to the window and opening it.

"First of all no you don't, second… you know you can walk out the door, right?"

"Are you crazy? My parents could be sleeping but I bet Zelena is not and she will blackmail me for the rest of my life if she knows I'm sneaking out."

"Whatever, do what you have to do, I'll cover for you."

Taking in a deep breath, Regina got herself out the window and then started to climb down the emergency ladder. Just like she has heard some of the other girls at school would do when they wanted out without their parents knowing.

It was nerve wrecking looking down even though she was only three stories from the ground, but when she was almost all the way down she heard him laugh and she just had to take a look at him.

He was likewise looking at her, his eyes sparkling and a full smile displaying on his face. "You could have used the door, you know?"

Wrinkling her nose because that was exactly what Emma said, Regina watched as he extended his arms up as if he was waiting to catch her. He probably would have to do just that since the ladder didn't reach all the way to the ground and at the knowledge, she bit hard on her lips.

"Come on before someone sees just you dangling there."

Not wanting that to happen she went as low as she was able to and then she let herself go. He caught her, even when it made him puff out a breath and somehow lose his balance he caught her, wrapping his arms around her and securing her against him.

"Got you." He said and unable to help it she giggled, wrapping her arms around his neck and lowering her face so that she could kiss his cheek.

"Is that all I'm going to get for saving your life? I mean that fall would have definitely killed you."

Humming and dragging her mouth towards his lips, she kissed him.

As it always happened during their clandestine kissing, Robin found a way into her mouth to kiss her deeper and Regina just went along with it.

For the last six months that was what they have been doing, kissing in secluded corners, deserted corridors at school or like they had done earlier that week, in their lab science classroom once they managed to sneak in while no one was there.

Regina liked it and once she was past the initial embarrassment of the whole thing she has never objected to it, but as his hands roamed through her back and her body pressed to him like never before, she wondered if that night it was going to be like Emma told her.

Pulling away from the kiss, she blinked slowly. He was still smiling at her in that way that she liked so much.

"Why did you want to see me tonight?"

Frowning and then scoffing, Robin shrugged. "Why, I always want to see you."

"Why?"

"Well, because I like seeing your face, and your smile… and that thing you do with your nose." After saying that he put her down to the floor. "But mostly because I want to take you somewhere special."

"Is that so?" She said tentatively, once again going through Emma's words.

As if sensing her apprehension, Robin reached for her face and smiled reassuringly. "Do you trust me?"

"Yes." She said without even thinking about it because she did. She didn't know why since she hadn't really known him for so long, but the truth was that she did without a shadow of a doubt.

"Then you must know I'll never do anything that would make you uncomfortable, right?"

Nodding, Regina blinked once again. Robin smiled, grabbing her hand and pulling slightly at her. "Then come on before it get's too late."

Unable to help it, a smile broke out of her lips and with a roll of her eyes she followed him…

Opening her eyes as yet another one of her long time memories slowly started to fade away from her mind, Regina rolled over her stomach as she blew out of her mouth a deep breath.

By all rights she should be sleeping, she knew that, but just as it has been happening all through her life, sleep wouldn't just come to her as easily as she would want to. No, especially now that she had a lot on her mind to keep her brain busy.

There was so much to think about… life, Henry, work… Robin.

Shaking her head because she knew the last one was the one keeping her up that night, Regina scoffed as her hand started to search for her iPhone all through her king sized mattress.

Once she found it she took a hold of it and immediately went to check the hour. It was twenty minutes past midnight, not too late but neither was it early.

"The witching hour…" She whispered to no one but herself, her finger pressing a few buttons until the phone was unblocked and ready to use.

That way, with her warm chocolate brown eyes glued to the device's screen, her lips succumbed into temptation and she smiled, her tongue peeking out to press against her upper lip as she considered and consequentially gave in into finally making the call.

It didn't seem as a big deal, after all for the last month or so she and Robin have been talking a lot and most of those talks were by phone; but if she had to be completely honest she would say that she has been struggling not to give in and call him that particular night ever since she went to bed earlier on.

Now her reluctance to call him wasn't because she didn't want to talk to him, but because that night she was particularly feeling nostalgic as never before since they started to tiptoe into whatever it was that they were doing and she was afraid of saying something she will later regret.

After all they were like he suggested, taking things slowly and she should keep it like that. She couldn't call him and say everything that was on her mind because that would definitely force them to do more than just talking.

But even though she knew all that, she still pressed a few buttons until she found his name in her contact list, then she hit call and brought the small device close to her ear.

Biting on her full bottom lip, Regina heard those first few rings and sighed, waiting, and when at last his voice greeted her from the other side of the receiver she smiled.

"Hello, love." His voice, smooth as ever made her close her eyes. As if doing that would help her appreciate the low undertones of his words.

"Did I wake you up?" Regina replied as she swirled one lock of hair around her forefinger.

She knew she probably didn't, but she still asked, imagining him at the other side, talking with his phone to one ear and that dimple smile of his gracing his features.

"No you didn't, I was actually wide awake waiting for you to call."

Scoffing, Regina arched an eyebrow. "Really? And why were you so sure I was going to call you?" And for real, it wasn't like she was usually the one calling. No, most of the time it was him.

"Well, I figured that since I was here thinking about you then by all right you had to be there thinking of me."

Humming, Regina's lips curved into the phantom of a smile. She could do as she always did and just dismiss his words with a lighthearted comment that would definitely change the subject or she could just take a page off his book and wear her heart on her sleeve.

Maybe it was time for her to do that, maybe that was why that night she couldn't take him off her mind, because maybe it was time she should let things progress more than what they had already.

Sure, they've been talking quite a lot and have even gone out a time or two, but nothing tangible has really come out of that. They haven't even kissed because like he said, they were going to take it as slow as she needed them to take it and that's how she felt comfortable, just talking and getting to know this stranger she used to know so well.

But just as she feared it would happen and probably as he has intended, those chaste interaction would eventually make her see that what she felt for him was actually bigger than what she first believed.

And not only that, but the more she talked to him the more she realized that she also liked the man he has become and more than just in a physical way.

"Actually I was… thinking about you." She confessed before closing her eyes and running her free hand through her hair.

"Really?" He asked and if she wasn't mistaken she detected a small hint of amusement in his voice.

Or maybe it was surprise because she doubted he actually expected her to say it as bold as that. She never has, not in this new phase at least, the one usually the one expressing those kind of thoughts was him and she just dismissed him or reminded him not to pressure her.

"Do you remember the first time I sneaked out with you?"

Through the receiver of her phone, Regina heard him laugh. "How can I forget? I mean you climbing down that ladder like a pro is something worth remembering. It was so unlike you."

"Yeah well…" She began to say with a roll of her eyes because the ladder thing was something he used to tease her about nonstop and she didn't feel like being teased in that moment, especially if he decided to point out how tricky it turned out to be helping her back up when they returned from their night out. "Do you remember where we went?"

"SumerStage in Central Park, of course I remember."

Chuckling despite herself, Regina rolled to her back and changed the phone to her other ear. "That ended up being one of the best nights of my life." It was as if that night she started breaking out of her shell so that she could go out and live, because truth was that before Robin she just did what was expected of her.

She was the perfect daughter and the perfect student and that left little time so that she could just be a teenage girl doing what other kids were doing. Yes, sneaking out was hardly something she would encourage in fourteen year old girls but the truth was that she never did it with the intention of getting wild and crazy… not like others did anyway. Emma for example…

"It was a great night, I especially loved the company."

"And here I kept thinking you only went for the music."

"The music was a nice plus, but if I have to be completely honest I have to admit that I couldn't stop watching you. You were so excited about it all that I couldn't just stop looking. You always had that on me, mesmerizing me, you still do as it happens."

Lowering her eyes as soon as she heard him say that, Regina licked her lips. She didn't know how he did it and how she fell for it so quickly, but the truth was that him saying those things tugged at her heart like she hadn't felt in such a long time and it was confusing.

Who knew, but maybe it was as people said and feelings that came back were feelings that never left and that was why she was finding that opening her heart for him wasn't as hard as she first thought.

"Can I confess something? Before going out with you that night, Emma convinced me that what you wanted was to have sex with me and that scared the hell out of me."

"But you still came…"

"Because I trusted you."

"And I wouldn't have done anything to make you feel weirded out. I mean I did want that, mind you, but I think I knew my place even back then."

"Is that code to say I was a prude and that you knew it?" She snorted and when she heard him laugh she just bit into her lips.

"I didn't say that. I mean I was a teenage boy during those pesky years were my hormones were raging so yes, I would get frustrated at times but you were not a prude. We did things… maybe we never went full monty but yeah. I especially remember one time when I somehow convinced you to cut class so we could go to my house."

Dragging a hand down her face and covering her eyes with it, Regina scoffed. She remembered that day too, how could she not when they practically ended up dry humping naked in his bunk bed?

It was like he said, they never went full with the whole thing but that day they have been so close. She could even remember how the pressure of him felt against the most private part of her anatomy and how it felt to let go with the friction of him rubbing against her. And that was without mentioning how sloppy his kissing became when he himself finished off all over her.

"You blew my mind that day, but I'll say it was worth the wait because when we finally got to be together it was amazing."

"So how was your day?" She asked, clearly changing the subject.

Snorting and probably taking the hint, Robin cleared his throat. "It was good. Got to pick Roland after school and he made me spend the entire afternoon playing on his Nintendo Switch. Can't say I knew what I was doing though, those bloody video games are way different than the ones we used to play."

"I want to see you." Regina blurted out. The words just rolled off her tongue before she could consider them, but since they were out why not go ahead with what was really on her mind? "SummerStage is back this weekend and Henry will be out with his dad so if you don't have anything planned I thought we could maybe drop by. It would be like the old times… without the ladder thing."

She heard him snort. "Sure, I mean sounds like a plan."

"Good. So… I guess I'll call you sometime tomorrow so we can plan it."

"Perfect."

Closing her eyes and wondering why she was making things so awkward, she bit on the inside of her thumb. "Okay, goodnight."

"Goodnight Regina."

Ending the call and putting the phone away, she grabbed one of her pillows and covered her face with it.

It was only Thursday, so she better put her act together before the weekend came. Because if there was something she knew it was that sometime during the music festival the game was going to change and she needed to be ready for it…

TBC

Okay so this was a short update just to get in the mood for what will follow. Next chapter will probably the last one so if there's anything you particularly want to see (within the story's logic of course) just let me know so that maybe I could sneak it in. Thanks for reading!